 December/January 2004-2005
American Friends Service Committee Peacework Magazine Sara Burke, Pat Farren, Founding Editor 2161 Massachusetts Ave. Telephone number: Fax number:
pwork@igc.org Peacework has been published monthly since 1972, intended to serve as a source of dependable information to those who strive for peace and justice and are committed to furthering the nonviolent social change necessary to achieve them. Rooted in Quaker values and informed by AFSC experience and initiatives, Peacework offers a forum for organizers, fostering coalition-building and teaching the methods and strategies that work in the global and local community. Peacework seeks to serve as an incubator for social transformation, introducing a younger generation to a deeper analysis of problems and issues, reminding and re-inspiring long-term activists, encouraging the generations to listen to each other, and creating space for the voices of the disenfranchised. Views expressed are those of the authors, not necessarily of the AFSC. |
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Responding to Genocide, 1/12, 7 pm; Voices in Harmony, 2/5, 7-10 pm; sliding scale, group rate available; Berklee Performance Center, Boston MA; with Boston Children's Chorus, Boston University Inner Strength Gospel Choir, St. Mary of the Angels Hispanic Choir, Twelfth Baptist Church Choir, Boston, & Temple Emanuel Newton Adult Choir; co-sponsored by Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries, 474 Centre St, Newton MA 02458; 617/244-3650; www.coopmet.org Roe v. Wade Support Rallies in Maine, 1/22; Support rallies for reproductive rights for all women, in Presque Isle, Bangor, Augusta, & Portland Maine; Planned Parenthood & Maine Choice Coalition. Contact Lyndsay Santeusanio, lyndsays@ppnne.org; 207/622-0851. Newton's State of the Environment, 1/24, 7 pm; Newton Free Library, Homer & Walnut Sts, Newton MA; Green Decade Coalition of Newton & Newton Free Library giving presentation on status of environmental programs in Newton; agenda includes water, air, transportation, open space, & energy; Mayor David Cohen will be part of discussion; 617/965-1995; www.greendecade.org Project Place: Opening Doors to Opportunity, 1/30, 10 am; Longy School of Music, 1 Follen St., Cambridge MA; with Caitlin O'Brien, Director of Client Services, speaking about helping homeless people find permanent work & housing; child care provided; sponsored by the Ethical Society of Boston, 617/739-9050
Billionaires for Bush Counter Inaugural;1/20-1/23, Washington DC; Events include: Re-Coronation Inaugural Ball; Auction to sell off Social Security, the environment, & the Bill of Rights; & the launch of new Champaigns (contact B4B at 216/803-0990 or www.BillionairesForBush.com); Part of a series of events for week of inauguration, including workshops, demonstrations, & student strikes; for more information visit www.counter-inaugural.org; for related info see p. 23 of this issue; Buses from ME, call 207/671-4272 in Portland, or 207/942-9343 in Bangor; buses from NH call 603/439-5800 in Portsmouth Creating a Social Forum in Maine, 1/22, 8:30 am-3:30 pm; Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 209 Eastern Ave, Augusta ME; 10th annual Changing Maine gathering; more info at 207/525-7776 or invert@acadia.net Women & Water Conference, 2/25-28; Dehradun, India; presentations by activists, workshops, skill development, & time to share networks & strategies in the struggle to maintain clean, affordable water; sponsored by Diverse Women for Diversity, 691 Minna St, San Francisco CA 94103; 415/861-5121; crabgrass@igc.org National Conference on Organized Resistance;2/3-6; American University, Washington DC; 8th annual conference devoted to analyzing strategies, tactics, & beliefs, learning new skills, & giving everyone a lot to think about after an inspiring weekend; anyone looking to resist systems of oppression & create something new is welcome; NCOR, POB 33977, Washington DC 20033; www.organizedresistance.org Maine War Tax Resisters Annual Workshop & Meeting, 2/5, 10 am--2 pm; Universalist-Unitarian Church, 69 Silver St, Waterville ME; sponsored by WTR Resource Center, 207/525-7776 or invert@acadia.net The Color Of Violence III: Stopping the War on Women of Color, 3/11-13; New Orleans LA; international gathering of women of color to organize against all forms of violence against women; presented by INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence; seeking volunteers & conference sponsors; contact Janelle White, University of New Orleans Women's Center, 504/280-7285; cov3_2005@yahoo.com Interfaith Worker Justice National Conference, 5/22-24; North Park University, Chicago IL; contact Bridget 773/728-8400 x10; bolusesi@nicwj.org National Disarmament Demonstration, 5/1; United Nations, New York NY; At the commencement of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty Review Conference, we will gather to advocate elimination of nuclear weapons throughout the world's nuclear powers; www.unitedforpeace.org A World Beyond Capitalism: International Multiracial Alliance-building Peace Conference, 8/26-28, 2005; Portland State University, Portland OR; We believe in the need to reflect & imagine the future of the world beyond capitalism; we will emphasize the need for multi-lingual, long-term strategy through open dialogue & bridging political theory with nonviolent practice; volunteers needed; for more info visit www.awbc.lfhniivaaaa.info
Peace Park Project is a grassroots community effort to increase the awareness of the human costs of war by building a stone wall with the names of soldiers killed in Iraq since we invaded; you can help by working on finding a site for the peace park, publicizing the wall, helping build the wall, or fundraising; Veterans for Peace, Peace Park Project, POB 347, Asheville NC 28802; www.iraqwall.org Interfaith Trade Justice Campaign mobilizes faith communities to educate about, advocate for, & engage in Fair Trade, so that global trade & investment policies promote economic & social justice, human development, & ecological sustainability; ITJC, 1225 Otis St, Washington DC 20017; 202/637-2757 x134; www.tradejusticeusa.org Peace Vision Project helps provide medical assistance to injured Iraqis; sponsored by Merrimack Valley People For Peace; 978/686-5777; jcadarette@att.net Save Passamaquoddy Bay; Effort to prevent a Liquified Natural Gas terminal proposed for Maine. A coalition of Native Americans (especially Passamaquoddy), other Washington County residents, & New Brunswickers working to ensure that "Safety is the real issue." SPB, POB 255, Eastport ME 04631; 207/853-4123; www.savepassamaquoddybay.org
Pacifist Cooperative Community is forming;
large & rural, a great place to retire or raise your child;
Chris Greene 216 Ashley St, Hawthorne FL 32640; 352/481-0275; Building Feminist Movements & Organizations: Learning from Experience; Association for Women's Rights in Development seeks insights into feminist organizational strengthening & movement building to share with members & others worldwide; seeking essays & case studies; contributors will receive an honorarium of $1000 to be used toward organizational strengthening activities; contact Feminist Movements & Organizations Programme, Association for Women's Rights in Development, Cordoba 234, Int 7, Colonia Roma Sur, Mexico DF, CP 06700 MEXICO; lalpizar@awid.org Nonviolent Peaceforce seeks volunteers for Sri Lankan campaign; apply by 1/16 to NP, 425 Oak Grove St, Minneapolis, MN 55403; 612/871-005; www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org A World Beyond Capitalism Conference seeks volunteers to help transcend boundaries of gender, race, class, age, ability, sexual orientation, the English language, & endless theory for its 8/26-28 conference; find out more at www.awbc.lfhniivaaaa.info Cambridge Office Space for Rent; basement office at American Friends Service Committee's New England building, 2161 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge MA; 520 sf with access to photocopiers, conference rooms, & large kitchen area. Rent: $600/month, all utilities included. Call Robert Dove, 617/661-6130.
Rethinking Schools Magazine (quarterly); sliding scale; Innovative critiques & practical alternatives for real educational reform; Fall issue features Stan Karp's "No Child Left Behind Test"; RS, 1001 East Keefe Ave, Milwaukee WI 53212; 414/964-9646; www.rethinkingschools.org The Sovrien: An Exploration of the Right to Be Stateless, Clark Hanjian; $25 pb inc. shipping in US; Exploring conscientious objection to coerced citizenship; author is a peace activist & mediator who renounced his citizenship in 1985; check or money order to Polyspire; Clark Hanjian, POB 4594, Vineyard Haven MA 02568 Ukuthula (CD); Vukhani Mawethu; $15 + $2.50 s&h; diverse freedom & justice choir; has performed all over US; proceeds benefit HIV/AIDS & other health projects in South Africa & Oakland; Vukhani Mawethu, PO Box 98, Oakland CA 94604 Africa Listserve; American Friends Service Committee's Africa Program hosts this listserve focusing on addressing Africa's debt crisis; to join, email africa-pbu-request@list.afsc.org with the word "subscribe" in the subject line, or go to: http://list.afsc.org/mailman/listinfo/africa-pbu The Wealth Inequality Reader, Dollars & Sense and United for a Fair Economy, Eds.; 200 pp; $15.95; One percent of US households owns half of all US liquid assets; 25 essays examine the causes of the concentration of wealth & strategies for "Sharing the Wealth of the Commons"; United for a Fair Economy, 37 Temple Place, 2nd Fl., Boston MA 02111; 617/423-2148; www.faireconomy.org, or www.dollarsandsense.org Educating for Changing Unions, Bev Burke, Jojo Geronimo et al; 277 pp; $19.95; A resource guide for fostering participatory union activities designed to build community solidarity in the service of economic & social justice; order from Between the Lines, 720 Bathurst Street #404, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2R4, Canada; 800/718-7201; www.btlbooks.com Online Forum on Dissent in Wartime; discussion forum regarding Professor Geoffrey R. Stone's book Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime, From the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism; use "forum" as subject of email & provide name & contact information in message; periloustimes@hotmail.com
Speaking Out in a Time of Repression: The
Power of Dissent (recorded lecture); Peacework's annual Pat Farren Lecture
featuring Howard Zinn, 10/21/04; with introductions by Kazi Touré of the AFSC Criminal Justice
Program & Jimmy Barret, former US prisoner; audiocassette
$11, audio CD $12.50, video or DVD $20; mail check or money order,
payable to Roger Leisner, to Radio Free Maine, POB 2705, Augusta
ME 04338; other recent additions to the RFM catalogue include
Water for People, Not for Profit, a panel discussion at the 7/04
Boston Social Forum, & Building the Peace Movement, a symposium
held during the 7/04 Democratic National Convention in Boston;
for more information & full catalogue, visit www.radiofreemaine 
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